Participle Practice

Identify the participle(s).
Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration.

• Enjoying
• Enjoying, jumped
• Enjoying, threw
• Enjoying, jumped, threw

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass.

• stepped
• hidden
• stepped, hidden

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
My mom cringes each time she hears the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom.

• crashing
• pounding
• crashing, pounding

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.

• smiled
• wilting
• smiled, wilting

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the water.

• drowning
• struggled
• drowning, struggled

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.

• ran toward the cake
• falling off the table
• falling off

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
Preparing for the weather, Meg grabbed her raincoat and rain boots.

• Preparing for the weather
• grabbed her raincoat
• grabbed her raincoat and rain boots

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.

• quickly licked the ice cream
• licked the ice cream
• dripping down his arm

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
The actress rehearsing her lines performed in the show last night.

• rehearsing her lines
• performed in the show
• performed in the show last night

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
My mom asked me to wash the dishes piling up in the sink.

• asked me to wash the dishes
• piling up in the sink

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A